Principal Systems Engineer
Capgemini Engineering
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $175,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the development, decomposition, and management of system, subsystem, and interface requirements in alignment with customer needs and program objectives.
- Collaborate with the engineering team to ensure requirements are traceable, verifiable, and aligned with mission performance.
- Participate in subsystem architecture trades to balance performance, cost, schedule, and risk.
- Review and approve technical approaches to ensure designs meet requirements and integrate cleanly at the system level.
- Provide technical oversight and direction to subcontractors and suppliers delivering hardware, software, and system elements.
- Review subcontractor designs, analyses, test plans, and test results for compliance with requirements and interfaces.
- Review and approve subcontractor technical artifacts, including requirements, designs, test plans, and deliverables.
- Serve as a technical interface between subcontractors, internal engineering teams, and government stakeholders.
- Actively participate in technical reviews, ensuring technical rigor and risk mitigation with subcontractors and customers.
- Mentor and develop junior and mid-level engineers, fostering strong systems engineering practices and technical growth.
- Promote consistency in systems engineering processes, tools, and best practices across programs.
- Foster a culture of continuous learning, technical curiosity, and accountability.
- Support proposal and capture efforts by contributing technical approaches, requirements understanding, and engineering cost estimates.
- Write technical content including white papers, technical sections of proposals, status reports, and internal documentation.
- Deliver effective internal and external technical briefings.
- Engage with customers and partners to understand technical needs and communicate SIE’s engineering capabilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (Master’s preferred).
- 10+ years of experience in systems engineering across complex, multidisciplinary systems.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and influence across organizational boundaries.
- Experience managing requirements, interfaces, and technical baselines throughout the system lifecycle.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience with customer and executive-level briefings.
- Active or ability to obtain a security clearance (if applicable).
- Experience with subcontractor technical management.
- Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and modern SE tools.
- Experience in defense, aerospace, or other highly regulated technical environments.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Company Holidays
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Optional HSA and FSA
- Base and Voluntary Life Insurance
- Short Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance
- 401k Matching
- Employee Assistance Program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
systems engineeringrequirements managementtechnical oversightsubcontractor managementtechnical documentationModel-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)risk mitigationtechnical analysissystem lifecycle managementengineering cost estimation
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationmentoringcollaborationtechnical curiosityaccountabilityinfluenceproblem-solvingorganizational skillscustomer engagement
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Systems EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Electrical EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Mechanical EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Computer EngineeringMaster’s degree in a related fieldsecurity clearance (active or ability to obtain)